Fenta, Demissie Assegu http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3914-838X
Article History
Received: 8 January 2019
Accepted: 9 December 2019
First Online: 16 December 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The research was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Hawassa University College of medicine and health science on 14 February 2017 and approved the proposal with (Reference number: IRB -057-14- 02/2017). An original copy of the approval, as well as the consent form, is available upon request. Written informed consent was taken from all study participants according to national research guidelines and regulations of the Ministry of Health.Permission was obtained from Hawassa University, College of health science comprehensive and specialized hospital and Yirgalem hospital to collect sociodemographic and risk factors and blood sample collection.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.